Comments:
The first show of 1979 and the first ever live performances of Hot Dog
and In The Evening, this show is very good. Robert is a little hoarse
and seems almost shy but good nonetheless, and except for a messed up
solo in Misty Mountain Hop, Page's playing is fluid, fast, and wonderful!
Bonham and Jones, as usual, sound fine. A curious set list that is very
refreshing and the angry solo in Achilles Last Stand is a highlight.
Problems with a power generation delayed the show. Band's lightning
rig was too big for venue and a generation had blowed up.

Comments:
In some spots, this show is better than the previous week's, especially
in the beginning, which has much energy. But as it progresses it gets
sloppy and tentative. Ten Years Gone starts beautifully but progresses
to sound hesitant and downright messy. In fact there were some problems
with Jones' effect pedals prior to that song. Achilles Last Stand is
strong and powerful, as is In The Evening, but Stairway To Heaven sounds
rushed, tired, and unenthusiastic. The encore of Whole Lotta Love features
a refreshing new arrangement but this concert is filled with contradictions.

AUGUST 4 - KNEBWORTH FESTIVAL,
STEVENAGE, UNITED KINGDOM (SATURDAY, start at 11am and Led Zeppelin
took the stage at 11pm)Whole concert was professionally recorded and filmed. Billed
with many other artists and headlined. Ten Years Gone was used for promo
action of "Remasters" compilation in late 1990 and were broadcasted
by MTV station on special "Whole Lotta Led" weekend program
also in late 1990. Pro shot fragments were also used on "Over The
Hills And Far Away" (late 1990) and "Whole Lotta Love"
(1997) promo videos. Finally, bootleg film and some of pro shot video
were used on DVD in 2003.

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same >> Celebration Day, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And
Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, [ cut
], No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, The Rain Song, [ cut
], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir, Trampled
Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, [ cut ], Guitar Solo
>> Drum Solo >> In The Evening, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut
], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], You'll Never Walk Alone tease, Whole
Lotta Love (<< Woman You Need Love..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker.Source: Almost complete very good to excellent
1st audience recording. Almost 177 minutes.Details:
The audience tape for this release is well defined, with very little
tape hiss. It is very close to the monitors on one side of the stage.
The instruments are clear but because of equipment limitations, the
sound is kinda flat and bottom line is distorted a bit.

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same >> Celebration Day, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And
Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter
[ cut ], Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, The Rain Song, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir [ cut ], Trampled
Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, Guitar Solo >> Drum
Solo >> In The Evening [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut
], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], You'll Never Walk Alone tease, Whole
Lotta Love (<< Woman You Need Love..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker.Source: Incomplete very good 2nd audience
recording. Almost 176 minutes.Details: Albeit being recorded just right
of center, and about 100 yards back, this source here is distant and
somewhat muffled. This recording is lacking dynamics significantly more
than above tape so the sound is more flat on this one. The audience
chat is evident but not too bothersome

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same >> Celebration Day, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, Nobodys Fault But Mine, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop [ cut ], [ cut ], Since
Ive Been Loving You, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, The
Rain Song [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..)
>> Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand
[ cut ], Guitar Solo >> Drum Solo >> In The Evening,
Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], You'll
Never Walk Alone tease, Whole Lotta Love (<< Woman You Need Love..).Source: Incomplete very good 3rd audience
recording. 175 minutes.Details: A very good sounding and clear
tape that lacks some of its bottom end and favours guitar in the mix.
Taped not so far from the stage, it reveals a fair balance of instruments
but there are some issues from noisy members of the audience, whose
interruptions on actual music are annoying.

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same >> Celebration Day, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And
Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter,
[ cut ], Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, The Rain Song, White Summer
(<< Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot,
Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand [ cut ], Guitar Solo >>
Drum Solo >> In The Evening, Stairway To Heaven, [ cut
], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], You'll Never Walk Alone tease, Whole
Lotta Love (<< Woman You Need Love..), [ cut ], Heartbreaker.Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
4th audience recording. 178 minutes.Details: This is excellent sounding tape
recorded much close to the stage. It stands the same quality as the
first source and the only difference is fact that bottom end isn't as
well defined and because this source is a bit heavy on a mid range.
The balance is great and recording itslef is very clear.

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same >> Celebration Day, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And
Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You [ cut
], [ cut ], No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, The Rain Song
[ cut ], [ cut ], White Summer (<< Black Mountain
Side..), Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand,
[ cut ], Guitar Solo >> Drum Solo >> In The Evening,
Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], You'll
Never Walk Alone tease [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Woman
You Need Love..).Source: Incomplete very good 5th audience
recording. 179 minutes.Details: This source is lacking bass and
the drums sound tiny. The recording is also a bit shrill to the ears
and is a bit more distant when compared with above sources. Few annoying
"sit downs" from the audience can be heard also, especially
at the start of the show.

Recording Includes:
Miscellaneous scenes (shots of fans arriving at the campsite, fans dancing
to the support bands, cut into darkness just before Led Zeppelin's performance
etc.), The Song Remains The Same, Celebration Day, Black Dog, Nobody's
Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, No
Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, The Rain Song, Kashmir [ cut throughout
].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color 1st
amateur footage. 7 minutes.Details: Shot from distance, wide angle
featuring the whole stage and the giant screen. Most of copies circulated
are synched up with existing audios. However, there's a chance that
original film is recorded with actual sound. The LZ Official YouTube
channel version has interview synched up with non-musical content.

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same, Hot Dog, Kashmir, Achilles Last Stand, Rock
And Roll [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color 2nd
amateur footage. 1 minute.Details: Shot from distance, wide angle
featuring the whole stage and giant screen. The official DVD used a
few snippets of this clip to "enhance" the edit of its Knebworth
section. Some also appear in the song selection menu. Some copies are
synched up with existing audios.

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same >> Celebration Day, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And
Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since I've Been Loving You, No Quarter,
Ten Years Gone, Hot Dog, The Rain Song [ cut ], White Summer
(<< Black Mountiain Side..) >> Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot,
Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, Guitar Solo >> Drum Solo >>
In The Evening, Stairway To Heaven, Rock And Roll, Whole Lotta Love
(<< Woman You Need Love..) [ cut ], Heartbreaker.Source: Almost complete color professional
footage. 193 minutes.Details: Shot to feed the large screens.
The seven tracks included in the official DVD feature a different camera
edit than the bootlegs. Heartbreaker circulates also as a single camera
footage.

Comments:
A pretty good show but nothing compared to the standards Zeppelin had
set in the past. The first 45 minutes or so sound good and strong, and
Ten Years Gone is very pretty, but towards the middle section, the individual
performances, though good, don't quite gel into a good ensemble performance.
"Well, it's nice to see you again" said Plant to the audience
at the beginning of the show, in fact they not played in the United
Kingdom for the last four years! The crowd roared. Achilles Last Stand
is aggressive and In The Evening is intense, but Stairway To Heaven
sounds timid and tired ... Robert's introduction is so lackluster it
is obvious he didn't want to play it. The encores are energetic and
good, and Whole Lotta Love features the new arrangement first tried
in Copenhagen in July. A short Heartbreaker finishes the event. After
the last note, Plant said: "All you people that have come so far.
It's been kinda like a blind date. Thanks for eleven years!"

AUGUST 11 - KNEBWORTH FESTIVAL,
STEVENAGE, UNITED KINGDOM (SATURDAY, start at 11am)Whole concert was professionally recorded and filmed. Billed with
amny other artists and headlined. Hot Dog and Kashmir were used for
promo action of "Remasters" compilation in late 1990 and was
broadcasted by MTV station on special "Whole Lotta Led" weekend
program also in late 1990. Pro shot video fragments were also used on
"Over The Hills And Far Away" (late 1990) and "Whole
Lotta Love" (1997) promo videos. Finally, bootleg film and some
of pro shot video were used on DVD in 2003.

Recording Includes:
Hot Dog, The Rain Song, White Summer (<< Black Mountain Side..)
>> Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Sick Again, [ cut ], Guitar
Solo >> Drum Solo >> In The Evening, Stairway To Heaven,
[ cut ], Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<<
Woman You Need Love, Boogie Chillun..), Communication Breakdown.Source: Incomplete very good to excellent
7th audience recording. Almost 81 minutes.Details: A really good sounding and clear
source with just a very small distortion due to volume. The audience
is pushed at the back a bit because the tape is recorded much close
to the stage.

Recording Includes:
The Song Remains The Same >> Celebration Day, Out On The Tiles
Intro >> Black Dog, Nobodys Fault But Mine, Over The Hills
And Far Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Ive Been Loving You, [
cut ], No Quarter, Hot Dog, The Rain Song, White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir, [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot,
Sick Again, Achilles Last Stand, Guitar Solo >> Drum Solo >>
In The Evening, [ cut ], Stairway To Heaven, [ cut ],
Rock And Roll, [ cut ], Whole Lotta Love (<< Woman You
Need Love, Boogie Chillun..), Communication Breakdown.Source: Almost ccomplete good to very good
9th audience recording. 149 minutes.Details: A significantly clear for most
of its time and upfront taped source except for last three songs, where
the quality deteriorates much. It has a nicely increased bottom end
but there is some kind of distortion throughout the whole show, likely
due to fact the tape is recorded with the wrong azimuth settings.

Recording Includes:
Band Announcements [ cut ], The Song Remains The Same, Celebration
Day, Black Dog, Nobodys Fault But Mine, Over The Hills And Far
Away, Misty Mountain Hop, Since Ive Been Loving You, [ cut
], No Quarter [ cut ], Hot Dog, The Rain Song, White Summer (<<
Black Mountain Side..) >> Kashmir, [ cut ], Trampled Underfoot,
Sick Again, Achillies Last Stand, Guitar Solo >> Drum Solo >>
In The Evening [ cut ].Source: Incomplete good to very good 11th
audience recording. Near 118 minutes.Details: Another bit distant but fairly
clear source. Some spots of the tape are worse than the majority and
it becomes boomy at various points. After the last cut, the sound quality
drops and teeters dangerously close to being an inaudible sludge of
sound until the end. Audience comments by the recorder can be heard
between songs including the taper speaking in Japanese.

Recording Includes:
Black Dog, Kashmir, Guitar Solo >> Drum Solo, In The Evening,
Stairway To Heaven, Rock And Roll [ cut throughout ].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color 1st
amateur footage. Near 6 minutes.Details: Shot from large distance, the
picture isn't too sharp. Most of copies circulated are synched up with
existing audios. However, there's a chance that original film is recorded
with actual sound. Originally, last two songs are at the start on all
circulating copies probably because the second reel was transfered before
the first one.

Recording Includes:
Black Dog, Nobody's Fault But Mine, Kashmir, Trampled Underfoot, Achilles
Last Stand, Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love [ cut throughout
].Source: Incomplete 8mm silent color 2nd
amateur footage. 4 minutes.Details: Shows shots of the crowd before
the show as well as the band performing. Some copies are synched up
wuth board tape. Circulating as mix of this and ortmund June 17th, 1980
show as both were taped and transffered by the same person.

Comments:
Not as good as the first week and also a little more tension in the
air. Some songs sound very sloppy, almost like the band doesn't want
to be there, but then again, some sound excellent. The opening 45 minutes
or so sound strong and good, but the intensity starts to flag towards
the end. Jimmy butchers the solo in Whole Lotta Love, and the end encores
sound tired ("Can you do the dinosaur rock?" reflected what
the band thought playing these old tunes). This was also the last concert
in the United Kingdom but Robert, before as he left the stage, said:
"We'll see you soon. Very soon. Don't know about the Marquee, but
somewhere soon." They couldn't knew what happened a year later.
Some problems with Page's guitar and PA system truncated Over The Hills
And Far Away and Misty Mountain Hop.